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  • Media release: Free vape kits won’t deliver Smokefree 2025 goal

    … Government’s new smokefree initiative to distribute free vape ‘starter’ kits will help fewer than 500 people to quit … the likely impact of the initiative, which offers free vape kits through 24 Te Whatu Ora-funded stop smoking … reach the Smokefree 2025 goal.    “While the Government’s vape kit initiative is well-intentioned, it is not enough. …
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  • Getting the Marketing Mix Right: A Commentary on NZ’s Forthcoming Vaping Regulations

    … prohibits supply of free products (except for specialist vape stores and allowing for in-store sampling at approved … to sell tobacco, menthol and mint flavours. Specialist vape retailers (e.g., R18 vape stores) will continue to be able to sell a more diverse …
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  • Major vaping reforms: Will they deliver on public health aims?

    … Canada and the USA, 4 with many young people who vape experiencing adverse  physical and mental health … Reduced vaping product visibility  From 17 June, general vape retailers, such as dairies, will no longer be able to … likely to have attracted young customers who do not vape.  The measures will also disallow the use of …
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  • Perspective: Options for licensed retailing of nicotine-containing E-Cigarettes in NZ

    … of two plausible licensed retail options: pharmacies and vape shops. It also highlights the need for a very … about transitions from smoking to vaping than vape shop personnel. Also some pharmacies might only stock a … [yet to be published work by one of us, FSvdD]. Licensed vape shops only Licensed vape shops might offer better …
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  • Media release: Tighter controls on vape marketing due, but gaps remain

    … new legislation coming into effect on 17 June, limiting vape product marketing, is heading in the right direction, … not address the widespread availability and clustering of vape stores, particularly in low-income communities. As of 4 June, Aotearoa had 1,311 specialist vape retailers, with nearly a third of schools having a vape …
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  • New Vaping Bill: Some important progress but critical gaps remain

    … it also fails to address the number and density of vape store outlets, and the appeal of vaping products.  We … the visibility of vaping products from outside specialist vape retailers and online, and end the use of point-of-sale … omissions; it fails to address the number and density of vape stores, regulate price discounting), or reduce vaping …
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  • Vaping prevalence and trends: Important findings from 2023-24 NZ Health Survey

    … was not statistically significant.  Most people who vape currently (at least monthly) are vaping daily (79% in … 119,000 people and around a quarter of all people who vape daily.  The next highest prevalence was 16.3% (95%CI: … age and gender), Māori were three times more likely to vape than non- Māori (adjusted ratio 2.99, 95% CI: 2.49-3.60) …
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  • What can Aotearoa NZ learn from Australia’s new vaping policies?

    … including proposals that could stop specialist vape stores from setting up businesses near schools, reduce appealing flavour names and require all vape products to have removable batteries. We believe these … products, particularly as dairies develop specialist vape stores within their footprint to circumvent the law and …
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  • Youth vaping addiction: How it happens and why it matters

    … than in comparable countries — 15% of 15-17 year olds vape every day. Nicotine causes minimal physical harm, but … 4 The process often begins with the first cigarette or vape, and drives increasing frequency of use. 5 Cravings can … difficulty concentrating) and/or having to leave class to vape; loss of physical fitness and decreasing participation …
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  • Will liberalising nicotine availability increase quitting?

    … limiting supply of nicotine e-cigarettes to specialist vape stores and pharmacies, to ensure people wishing to quit … time, allowing the sales of e-cigarettes from specialist vape stores and pharmacies , would send a clear message that … and nicotine e-liquid available from specialist vape stores and pharmacies would limit young people’s …
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